Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, dubbing artist, producer and singer.
Sharma is the host on the stand-up comedy and talk show The Kapil Sharma Show and has received five Indian Television Academy Awards.
1997
His father was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and died in 2004 at AIIMS in Delhi.
He studied at Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School and Hindu College, in Amritsar.
He is featured in the list of prominent alumni of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar.
Sharma has a brother named Ashok Kumar Sharma, who is a police constable and a sister named Pooja Pawan Devgan.
2007
Sharma won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3 in 2007.
He has hosted and produced television comedy shows such as Comedy Nights with Kapil and Family Time with Kapil.
Sharma rose to fame after winning the comedy reality television show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge's third season in 2007, for which he won a cash prize of inr 1000000.
He had previously worked in the Punjabi show Hasde Hasaande Ravo on MH One channel.
Sharma has stated that he moved to Mumbai to become a singer.
He participated in Sony's Comedy Circus and went on to win six seasons of the show.
He also hosted the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 6 and another comedy show Chhote Miyan.
2008
Sharma was seen as a contestant in the show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad in 2008.
2011
He has won seasons of the comedy show Comedy Circus along with various partners and in 2011 participated in the singing reality show Star Ya Rockstar, where he finished as a second runner-up.
In 2011, he participated as a contestant in Zee TV's singing reality show Star Ya Rockstar, he finished as runner up.
2013
In 2013, Kapil launched his own show, Comedy Nights with Kapil, under his banner K9 Productions on Colors TV.
He played Bittu Sharma, the host of a fictional family show.
At the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year awards 2013, Sharma was felicitated with the Indian of the Year award in the entertainment category by veteran actor Amol Palekar.
In the same year he did live stage shows in Oman.
2014
During the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, he was appointed the Brand Ambassador by the Delhi Election Commission.
He was the presenter for the fourth season of Celebrity Cricket League, 2014.
He appeared as a guest on the opening episode of the eighth season of the Indian television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati and also as a celebrity guest on The Anupam Kher Show.
2015
Sharma made his film debut with Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015), a moderate success.
Sharma was the co-host of the 60th Filmfare Awards in 2015 along with Karan Johar.
The film was released on 25 September 2015 to mixed reviews from critics but did record-breaking opening day business for a debut.
In the same year he signed and paid to do six live shows in North America but the event organiser Amit Jaitly alleged that Sharma did not show up in one city and thus filed a court case for breach of contract against Sharma in New York's court.
Jaitly also accused Sharma is not taking his phone calls, the case is pending in New York's court.
2016
His show Comedy Nights with Kapil on Colors aired its last episode on 24 January 2016.
Sharma then began a new show titled The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony Entertainment Television under his K9 Productions.
The Kapil Sharma Show debuted on 23 April 2016 to a positive response from the viewers.
2017
He went onto appear in Firangi (2017), and Zwigato (2023).
He also appeared as a guest in Koffee With Karan in 2017.
Sharma made his Bollywood debut as the male lead in the movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon, a romantic-comedy directed by Abbas Mustan opposite four actresses, Elli Avram, Manjari Phadnis, Simran Kaur Mundi and Sai Lokur.
2018
Sharma married Ginni Chatrath in Jalandhar on 12 December 2018.
They have two children – a daughter and a son.
2019
Sharma did Hindi dubbing for The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).
Kapil Sharma also does live stand-up comedy-stage shows.
Sharma was born in a Punjabi family in the city of Amritsar in Punjab, India as Kapil Punj.
His father Jeetendra Kumar Punj was a head constable in Punjab Police, while his mother Janak Rani is a homemaker.
